My 48" kitchen range and 30" outdoor grill are both made by DCS, if the Weber is great at 650.00 I would call it a steal. You probably want to get something that you won't have to replace every couple years.

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My 48" kitchen range and 30" outdoor grill are both made by DCS, if the Weber is great at 650.00 I would call it a steal. You probably want to get something that you won't have to replace every couple years.

I would say that the Weber is a very solid mainstream consumer grill, and worth every penny of the $650 they are asking. As a step up, without question, I'd buy a Napoleon. But you really can't compare either of them to your DCS, as it's considered a "professional" or "commercial" product.

I stopped and looked at some grills today and one stood out as just about exactly what I was looking for, but it was $650!

I bought this model from a specialty shop, as one person already recommended, with all stainless steel parts inside. This is key because my previous grill did not have stainless parts and the entire interior corroded within a few years. Over time the graudal rusting causes hot and cold spots, is more difficult to clean, and in the end, the cost of replacing all the rotten parts with quality new ones did not make economic sense to me. Personally, I'd rather apply that $ towards a better, higher quality new one that will last longer.

My father has a Weber Genesis he purchased 8 years ago and it's still running strong.

I've had the new one for 3 months now and am happy as a clam, steak, burger, lamb.......

But just don't run out and buy a Q just because it has stainless innards. There are different grades of stainless..... Units manufactured off shore tend to use 430 stainless which will still rust out within about 3 years. (And then good luck getting parts) The better units from North America mostly use 304 stainless. The best way to tell is to run a magnet over the steel. If it doesn't stick - it's 300 series.

Craig, if you can, buy the Weber's from a specialty shop instead of the big box stores. The Genesis that THEY sell will be about the same $$, but have stainless flavorizer bars and stainless cooking rods. (Instead of porcelain coated mild steel) Far better for longevity.

Ours is a Weber Genesis S-320 that we bought from Home Depot which included the stainless flovorizor bars and stainless cooking rods, great grill ... we also sprang for the Weber grill cover which is very impressively made. This grill, so far, looks like it is the perfect grill for the harsh salt water environment where we live.

As far as grilling great tasting food, it's hard to beat a charcoal grill. We had one of these $129 charcoal grills from Lowes for about three years that we were extremely happy with but the steel just didn't last in this environment ... it cooked better tasting food over our $850 Weber gas grill, hands down.

I never go crazy with my barbaque purchases. I live near enough to a bay on the ocean that I have to constantly clean the salt spray off my windows. I'm not close enough waves are actually splashing up or anything but you'd be surprised how far that stuff carries on the wind.

Even taking care to keep it covered, the salt eats through my barbacues on a regular basis. Even stainless steel. Stainless can last a very long time in a salt environment if you have the time to keep rinsing it clean but I'm just not that ambitious and the steel parts will still fall apart around it anyways.

This story is of no help to you I guess but thanks for letting me rant.

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